In my humble opinion, one of the most important hip hop albums to be released this year. This is not to dismiss the MFTC archives, however the Dragon, without doubt marks the renaissance of the genre more than any of its contemporaries. After a spell of UK tours and a shrewdly executed viral campaign, Jehst took all by surprise with the release of 'Starting Over', duping the internet community into believing he'd took up a career as a postman, the masterpiece could not have dropped at a more imperative time. Despite a long stretching period of obscurity, the once Huddersfield lad is living proof that you can't keep a good rapper down. The track I refer to is one of my favorites from the album as I feel it sums it up, carrying forward the theme of 'People Under The Weather'. Deep, powerful and typically Jehst, the album is a classic and a landmark in subculture. If you haven't bought it yet but enjoyed the earlier stuff, this takes the best elements of his previous records and surpasses them. A truly seminal work.
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